Introduction -- Quality of Bank Capital, Competition, and Risk-Taking: Some International Evidence -- Banking Sector … Reform, Competition, and Bank Stability: An Empirical Analysis of Transition Countries -- The Impact of Bank Regulation and … Supervision on Competition: Evidence from Emerging Economies -- Bank Competition, Regulation, and Efficiency: Evidence from the …

How do near-zero interest rates affect bank competition, risk taking and regulation? I study these questions in a … insurance may induce excessive risk taking. The zero lower bound on deposit rates (ZLB) distorts bank competition and boosts …